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Collection Area Visual Arts Language Not applicable Subject Ceramics

1. Foster 875

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Foster 875
Title:
Blue and white Staffordshire plate with Malay calligraphy, mid 19th century.
Scope & Content:
Blue and white Staffordshire pottery plate with Malay calligraphy, mid 19th century. Pantun on the rim: ‘Barang di mana terpakai piring’ ‘Piring Tolson juga diminta’ ‘Hati yang lengang menjadi girang’ ‘Budi bertambah hati bercinta’ Syair in the centre: ‘Jikalau didengar kabar cerita’ ‘T...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

2. Foster 883

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 883
Title:
East India Company armorial oval plate from the cargo of the ‘Diana’, which sank in the straits of Malacca on the 4th March 1817.
Scope & Content:
‘Honourable East India Company’ dish with the centre enamel and gilt, the rim having a point and pendulum border, some damage, c.1816. An armorial oval plate from the cargo of the ‘Diana’,which sank in the straits of Malacca on the 4th March 1817. The plate is one of a series apparently made t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1816
Extent:
1 Item

3. Foster 980

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 980
Title:
The potter, engaged in throwing a pot on a wheel, with various examples of his art around him. Painted at Shantipur, 1792.. Artist(s): Devis, Arthur William (1762-1822)
Scope & Content:
Devis, Arthur William (1762-1822) The potter, engaged in throwing a pot on a wheel, with various examples of his art around him. Painted at Shantipur, 1792. Oil on canvas; 43.4 by 59 cm. Purchased 1999. Provenance: Biddulph family, as above; Sotheby’s 21 March 1979; private collection; Soth...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1792
Extent:
1 Item

4. P1195-1198

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P1195-1198
Title:
Presentation pieces. Four illustrations from The Illustrated London News, 19th century: A plate, crystal fountain, dessert service and testimonials
Scope & Content:
Illustrations from periodicals showing Plates and Table Centres. P1195 'Plate presented by the inhabitants of Calcutta to Sir Rowland Macdonald Stephenson, Managing Director of the East Indian Railway'. P1196 'Colossal crystal fountain made for the Maharajah of Puttiala'. P1197 'Dessert se...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880-1900
Extent:
1 Item

5. Photo 184(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 184(48)
Title:
Oliphant, Karta Wagoenan (Koeningan) [Elephant, ...]. Photographer: Kinsbergen, Isidore van
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Earthenware figure of an elephant. 'Terra cota elephant with depository. Karta Wangungan, Kuningan district, West Java province, period unknown' [Note from catalogue list of series in Gerda Theuns-de Boer and Saskia Asser,' Isidore van Kinsbergen (1821-1905)' ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1863-Apr 1864
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 667/4(216)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/4(216)
Title:
Mosque at Yezd. Photographer: Parsons, Arthur Edward Broadbent
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1943
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1002/35(1879)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/35(1879)
Title:
Old china candle-sticks, Bijapur. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Subjects = arts & crafts; domestic appliances
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1004/2(647)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1004/2(647)
Title:
Chinese exhibit in the Pagan Museum. Tea set. Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
Scope & Content:
A ceramic pot in the form of birds.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908-1909
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1006/1(125)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1006/1(125)
Title:
Kashmir. Tile work in entrance to tomb of Madani near Srinagar. Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907-1908
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1058/1(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1058/1(14)
Title:
Faïences dans l'intérieur du Tombeau du Sultan Mehmed, Brousse [Bursa] [Turkish text: Faience and tiled wall in the Mausoleum of Sultan Mehmed I in Bursa]. Photographer: Abdullah Frères
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Abdullah Frères' in the negative Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of decorative tilework in the interior of the Yesil Turbe (Green Tomb) at Bursa.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

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